Table 3 Different types of electrodes developed for electrochemotherapy of visceral and deep-seated tumors
From: Electrochemotherapy: from the drawing board into medical practice
Type of electrodes | Location and type of tumors treated | Institution performing treatment | References/Clinical trial number |
|---|---|---|---|
Long needle (Figure 3 ) | Metastases of colorectal tumors in liver bone metastases soft tissue sarcomas | Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy | [22], NCT01264952 |
[104] | |||
[87] | |||
Veneto Region Oncology Research Institute of Padova, Italy | |||
Endoluminal (Figure 4 ) | Colorectal, gastric and esophageal tumors | Cork Cancer Research Center, Ireland | [108], NCT01172860 |
Expandable “umbrella” type (Figure 5 ) | Brain tumors | Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Denmark | [105], NCT01322100 |